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Holmes Hole Enjoys Strong Winds

The weather gods toyed with the Holmes Hole fleet this past week. Thursday’s race was cancelled due to rain and lightning. On Sunday, light air harried the racers into abandoning the morning competition. Sunday afternoon the winds returned enough to push eight boats around harbor course No. 1 in reverse.

The fast boats in the A division went around the buoys twice in NNE winds of 10 knots. Phil Hale aboard Tango, a J/100, traversed the course with impressive speed, eventually lapping the last boat in the B division whose race was shortened to a single lap.

David Lott took the blue ribbon over a depleted B Division, which was missing several regular competitors. Bow Van Riper grabbed a second on Tyche, a Vineyard 15, while Woody Bowman guided the yawl Tern to third.

Sailors should be planning to sign up for the annual Moffett Race, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 6. To registration, visit the Holmes Hole website at holmeshole.org.